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ADA Definition of EBD Evidence-based dentistry (EBD) is an approach to oral health care that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patients oral and medical condition and history, with the dentists expertise and the patients treatment needs and preferences.

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RSS feed link at the bottom of the page – Formats content delivery over the Internet that allows users to subscribe to a Web site for automatic content updates. – By subscribing to the EBD web site RSS feed, dentists can quickly and easily stay informed of studies and summaries posted to the Web site.

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Workshop Format Small group discussion – example Xylitol Pediatric Topical Oral Syrup to Prevent Dental Caries A Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial of Efficacy; Archives Pediatric Adolescent Medicine – Use of the PICO format Patients/population-very young children Intervention-pediatric xylitol syrup Comparison-sorbitol Outcome-amount of caries(up or down) – Validity using statistical analysis Will the results help me in caring for the patient?

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Responses As the word gets out, dental care for our patients will continue to improve. I have been asked to present our learnings from the EBD conference at the PEARL annual meeting at the NIDCR in Bethesda,MD. I was asked to make a course part of the Cairo University staff development program. Everyone who came to this course showed that the interest in moving dentistry to the next level is world wide. I returned from Boston and presented to my South Carolina Dental Assoc. Board of Governors. It was extremely well received.